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What is "material robotics" and what can come of it?

I was reading this article about material robotics and I didn't quite understand it. Is it having things like toilets and shoes act as robots or is a robot that could gather information from its leg? If so, what could this field lead to. Here is the Wikipedia article for robotic materials if you need a reference

Re: What is "material robotics" and what can come of it?

Originally Posted by Maximum77

I was reading this article about material robotics and I didn't quite understand it. Is it having things like toilets and shoes act as robots or is a robot that could gather information from its leg? If so, what could this field lead to. Here is the Wikipedia article for robotic materials if you need a reference

Where were you reading about it? Was it a scientific journal, or a tech magazine, or a university publication, or something else? Have you tried to contact the author and say, "hey, this sounds interesting, where can I find out more about it?" Because that would probably be a great way to find out more about it.

Gosh 2D8HP, you are so very correct (and also good looking).

Cuthalion makes great avatars. Like my Silver Dragon.

Originally Posted by littlebum2002

It would be nice to just change the title of this thread to be "stuff about Jedi"

Re: What is "material robotics" and what can come of it?

Originally Posted by Peelee

Where were you reading about it? ...

In the link provided...

OP;
Well reading the link, they are talking about theoretical and experimental materials that do more than just act as a material. What I mean is instead of a lump of metal or plastic that takes a shape and then remains that shape. These materials have the ability to do more than just have a shape (and strength etc). These materials can do things like "Examples for such applications include camouflage, shape change..."

So, a robotic material that can act as camouflage might be something like a tarp or cloth that changes colors to match it's surroundings.

Or a robotic material might be a type of glass that when you run an electrical current through it darkens (we have this today). Or perhaps instead of darkening, it all flows towards the edges and effectively "opens" the window.

Or maybe a lump of metal that can receive computer signals to reshape itself. "Hey, make yourself into a wrench." or a screw driver or some tool.

Or it could be the skin of a spaceship that can heal or repair itself from damage.

Re: What is "material robotics" and what can come of it?

Originally Posted by LordEntrails

In the link provided...

Fun fact: the phrase "material robotics" doesn't appear anywhere in the Wikipedia link provided. It just mentions "robotic materials." So either OP mangled the title of the post, or he read more than just the one Wikipedia article on it. I took a gamble.

Gosh 2D8HP, you are so very correct (and also good looking).

Cuthalion makes great avatars. Like my Silver Dragon.

Originally Posted by littlebum2002

It would be nice to just change the title of this thread to be "stuff about Jedi"

Re: What is "material robotics" and what can come of it?

Originally Posted by Peelee

Fun fact: the phrase "material robotics" doesn't appear anywhere in the Wikipedia link provided. It just mentions "robotic materials." So either OP mangled the title of the post, or he read more than just the one Wikipedia article on it. I took a gamble.

Useful.
Another Fun Fact: in the post itself he refers to "robotic materials".

Re: What is "material robotics" and what can come of it?

Originally Posted by Peelee

Only in direct reference to the wiki entry on robotic materials immediately afterwards. Funny, that.

Thanks for wasting my time adding absolutely nothing of value to this thread. If you have no interest in actually helping the OP, then please don't waste our time proving how smart and insightful you are.